"Third, an election season that dissipates after the primary serves to protect establishment politicians. These politicians have been in power for years and have not served our communities well. Just look around you. Are you satisfied with the state Baltimore is in?

For these three reasons, we are responding to our communities’ call for change and have decided to join the Baltimore City Green Party and call on our friends and neighbors across Baltimore to put the needs of our city and our democracy before habitual loyalty to the Democratic Party that has been given but not returned.